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The MP Approach to Chinese Subjects

Author: LiNa
Tutor: ShiBaoHui
School: Beijing Forestry University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: The Minimalist Program Chinese Subject Sites of assigned Native position Null subject Passive structure Lifting
CLC: H314
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

This paper discusses the main subject in Chinese syntactic features of the theoretical system of the Minimalist Program . First English Subject syntactic features , and this as a reference to analyze the important subject in Chinese . English subject assigned (Case assignment) and native position (base position) Sites of unqualified clause null subject PRO syntactic features , as well as the passive structure and enhance the structure derived on the basis of discussion , explaining . The subject is not in any case have been given nominative , sometimes marked complement word (complementizer) or exception grid assignment (ECM) verbs assigned as accusative . In addition , the native of the subject is based on the classification of verbs : unaccusative verb (unaccusative verb) the subject of the basal (base-generate) in VP marked language (specifier) ??position while the other subject of the verb basal is vp marked language . This paper argues that passive verbs and raising verbs are unaccusative verbs in this class , their subject is raised to Spec-VP position Spec-IP . PRO, because it has the characteristics of the virtual grid (null-Case) , and the twists and turns ingredients ( INFL ) to the virtual grid marked language features for verification . Based on the English Subject observation , this paper carried out the analysis of the subject in Chinese . Sites of assigned by clause type determines the restrictive and non - restrictive clauses distinction : \verbs pick a non- restrictive clause . The subject of the restrictive clauses main grid , but not limited to the subject of sexual clause no grid . The article also native position of the subject in Chinese and English are the same . But the Chinese null subject is much more complex than English . Since Chinese is a null subject language, so limiting clause will also appear a large number of subject shedding (pro-drop) phenomenon is mainly generated in the two cases : when referred to the owner of the object refers , and predicate unaccusative verbs . In addition , due to the Chinese , there are also non - restrictive clauses , PRO also appears in clause subject position by the main clause of a constituent control . Finally , this paper analyzes the passive structure and enhance the structure derived .

The MP Approach to Chinese Subjects

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